Cantos v. Castle Abatement Corp.

—Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Ira Gammerman, J.), entered on or about March 25, 1997, which denied defendants’ motion to vacate a November 7, 1996 order of the same court and Justice striking defendants’ answer for failure to comply with a discovery order and setting the matter down for an inquest, unanimously reversed, on the law, the facts and in the exercise of discretion, without costs, the motion to vacate granted, the answer reinstated, and the matter remanded to Supreme Court for further proceedings.

In this class action, commenced in June 1995, plaintiffs seek payment of…